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How to identify what print comic you have
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Turnando

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Depends on the book.  A publisher/printer can do whatever they want to do.

For example, Image reprints #1 issues to get people to look at series they missed the first time around:  https://imagecomics.com/news/what-can-you-get-for-a-dollar-new-image-firsts

Those Image books have a gigantic "image firsts" logo by the spine.

 

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gradejunky

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Most new books clearly state which printing the book is right where the # of the issue is (roman numerals for 90's DC's).  In other cases if this is not stated somewhere near the issue #, the last number on the smaller UPC bar on the right will tell you the printing of the book it is.  For instance, I have a Batman Beyond Unlimited in my hand which is a 2nd print.   The UPC reads:

00112 which translates to:

Issue #001

Cover-1  If this was a variant of some kind this number would be 2,3,4 etc.

Printing-2

The 1st printing reads as such:

00111

Also, the 2nd print cover is red versus being white like the 1st print.  You would only know this if you had/have seen the 1st print.  Again, the UPC is the best/first place to look on any book past the date that all comics now have a UPC instead of possibly having some sort of picture in the UPC box, as opposed to the scanner bars.

In the past, when direct comics had some sort of picture/logo/writing in the box versus the newsstand version which had the scanner bars, the indicia is the place to look.  That is the legal jargon usually on the same page as the title page, wherever that is.  This will almost always tell you the printing # somewhere at the bottom in bolder type.

Another way publishers did it was by printing the covers as gold or silver ink instead of the regular cover.  This is what Marvel did in the 90's.

Marvel now tends to print their 2nd/later printings with a cover that is completely different than the 1st print counterpart.  It is usually a splash page from the inside of the comic that now becomes the cover.  These again will have the printing stated in the UPC and in the indicia.    

Hope this helps a little

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Lazyboy

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On 9/17/2020 at 3:00 PM, rones said:

Hello,s

 

Is there somewhere besides recalled comics that you go to find the number of a certain comic that were ordered by comic book stores or printed by the label?

lol The numbers on recalledcomics.com are generally suspect at best. Most of the numbers people want (and some lying insufficiently_thoughtful_persons invent to fill the void) are not available to the public.

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steveinthecity

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3 hours ago, AwesomeSauce said:

I just bought a raw copy of Amazing Spider-Man #1 Vol 5 Lucio Parrillo SDCC convention exclusive variant. What does the Vol 5 indicate about the printing of this comic? Is a Vol 5 more valuable than say, a Vol 6 of the same issue?

For Marvel Comics, the “Volume” number indicates which series the comic is from.  Value is dependent on the individual issue more so than which series the books from.  ASM for example is currently on Vol. 6 #47 or 48.

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